The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer, 500–650, Made in Attarouthi, Syria, Byzantine, Silver and gilded silver with copper liner

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The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer, 500–650, Made in Attarouthi, Syria, Byzantine, Silver and gilded silver with copper liner, Overall (without chain): 3 3/8 x 5 3/16 x 4 15/16 in. ( x x cm), Metalwork-Silver, With a youthful Christ with a cruciform halo, Saint John the Forerunner, the Virgin Mary in orant pose, a deacon saint (probably Saint Stephen), and crosses. Inscribed in Greek: For the sake of the repose of the souls of Ertha and Stephen, children of Kyriakos. Saint John the Forerunner's long hair and beard refers to his time in the Judean wilderness before his baptism of Christ (Matthew 3:1–12, John 1:1–34

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